Window-curtain



G. E; LOSEE.

WINDOW CURTAIN.

1 APPLICATION FILED JULY 25,1919- 1,331,346. Patented Feb.17,1920.

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wmoow CU RTAIN.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 25.1919.

1,33 1,346. Patented Feb. 17,1920.

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Gilbevt E.Lo.s ee

29 7MZQQMM Wa UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GILBERT EDWARD Losnn, E PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

WINDOW-CURTAIN.

Application filed July 25, 1919.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, GILBERT E. 'LosEE, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in indow curtains, of which the following is Y a specification.

My invention consists in the features and combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a front view of a curtain arrangement embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the parts shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a front view with the upper border section orventilating member drawn down into position to provide the desired ventilation at the upper part of the window.

Fig. i is avertical sectional view of the parts shown in Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a detail view of parts of the lank from which the upper ventilating or border section is formed.

Fig. 6 is a vertical sectional view partly in perspective of the upper border section or ventilating member.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of one of the brackets.

Fig. 7 is a similar view of the other bracket.

Fig. 8 is a. detail vertical sectional view 7 through the lower portion of one of the brackets showing the rail of the ventilating section engaged therewith in its extended position.

Fig. 9 is a sectional plan View through the lower part of one of the brackets and the window frame with the border member also perforated to receive holding means such as screws to fasten the brackets to the window frame and each bracket includes also a front :portion 5 which extends at right angles to the side portions 3. The front members 5 are provided with counter-sunk portions at 6 terminating in shoulders at 7. The side portions 3 of the brackets have bearings 8 Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 17, 1920.

Serial No. 313,156.

for the upper roller and bearings 9 for the main curtain roller. The main curtain roller may be of the ordinary spring type, for instance such as the well known Hartshorns. The brackets are also provided with a shield portion 10 which lies in front of the bearings 9 and extends at right angles to the extension 11 of the sides 3 so that those portions 10 will hide or shield from view the ends of the main roller. The upper roller which is mounted in the bearing 8 may be of any ordinary spring type and it rarries the border or ventilating member which consists of a sheet of curtain material having openings, as shown in Fig. at 12, provided with any suitable form of screen material indicated at 13.

As shown in Fig 5, the blank is provided with two sets of openings so that when it is folded, as shown in Fig. 6, the openings of the two sets will register and the screen material 13 is held between the two sides or folds of the blank.

A rail 1% is secured to the ventilating or border member at a point intermediate of its height, as snown in Fig. 6, and two flaps or sides 15 and 1.6 are held apart by the presence of this rail 1%. The rail-is secured to the border or ventilating member by a strip of material 17' which surrounds the rail and has its upper edges stitched at 18 between the sides of the ventilating memher. This rail is of triangular shape in cross section and it holds the flaps 15 and 16 at a suflicient distance apart to allow them to embrace the main curtain roll, as indicated in Fig. 2, this main curtain roll being shown at 19. Vhen the ventilating .iernber is in its uppermost position, as shown in Figs. 1 andfl, the flaps or lower side portions 15, 16, thereof will lie on each side of the main roll so as to conceal the The main curtain can be manipulated in the ordinary manner by the curtain pull 20 and a second pull or handle member 21 is provided for manipulating the upper bo der member. By drawing this down it w l, as shown in Fig. l, be brought to a position where the screen openings will be exposed at the top of the window for ventilating purposes, and when so drawn down it may be held in this position by a catch engaging the lower shoulder 7 of the bracket, as shown in Fig. 8. This will hold the ventilating member in its extended position against the zpressurefl ofi its winding spring which tends constantly to wind the the window closed against the passage of;

air at this point. As shown in Fig. 9, the

rail 14 isprovided with an extension on its front side and tl isextension carries the catch pin '22. This catch member forms a lateral extensionjof a pin 24 which is driven in theedge of the extension 23 and into the main 'partof' the rail, and there is provided a flange 24, Fig.8, which will resist twistin g strain on the catch pinr22, this flange being integral with the pin 24.

I provide a supplemental flap at 25 which, when the ventilating member is drawn down, Wlll come against the windowframe and close the crevice between theframe and the upper roller so that insects will be excluded: It will be noted that theupper member winds on the upper roll from the inside of the room, and as a result of this when the upper border member is rolled up down the side edges of the upper or border member will; l e close, against the front fiange 5 of the bracket so as to make a close jointtherewith to excludeinsectsor dust, and this close oint is aided or contributed to by the counter-sunk portions 6 enabling the catch 22 to be received tli erein and al-" lowing the curtain material to'come close against the face of the front flange 5.

In both the rolled and extended positions of the upper border meinberit will act to conceal the main curtain roller and in a large measure it'will also conceal the brackets, and in addition to this the-extension 10 at the lower ends ofthe bracket will mask or conceal the ends of the main curtain roller. V

The present invention is an improvement upon that disclosed in Letters Patent ofthe U. S. #1303081 granted to meMay 6th 1919. By my present construction the appliance is simplified'and made easierto mount, and is capable of beingmanipulated more readily. V I V The ventilating curtain simply lies with its side edges against the front faces of the {sideflanges 5 and when released from the "shoulders 7 it may be moved toward the inside of the room to allow access to the upper part of the window for cleaning or other purposes, and it readily may be TGlDQVGCl'iLIlCl replaced.

T he. side edges of'the ventilating member are not confined between guide plates but as stated, simply lie upon the front faces of the fianges fi but at the same time closed edges and the flanges rolleris on the other bracket at 8. This re versal cr- 'diiferent location of the position of roll of the Hartshorn type to be used for both the main curtain and the ventilating curtain. l i hei used for the upper position the roller may be CQHYQTlJGQ; into an ordinaryspring roller byre noving the ratchet mechanism. I claiin:v

1. In combination a main curtain or shade,

'a spring roller therefor, a ventilating curtain, a spring roller therefor, brackets,each

liaving a side platewith bearings for the rollers, and afront flange or plate extending at right angles to the sideplates and toward tain,*said ventilating curtain bearing upon the frontface of said flange, catch means on the ventilating curtain and ineanson the i said flanges to be engaged the screen material will not be exposed to view butfwill, present the appearance of ordinary curtain niaterial. VVhen' drawn tially as described. 1

.these bearings enables. an ordinary spring .each other iira direction acrossithe window 7 opening parallel with the vent lating curthereby, substan- V tain, a spring roller therefor, brackets each" havin a side late with bearin s for the b r O rollers, and a frontflange or plate extendv ing at right angles te -theside plates and toward each other in'afdirection across the window opening parallel with the ventilating curtain," said ventilatingcurtainlbearing upon the front face ofsaid flange, fcatch means on the ventilating curtain and means on the said flanges to be engage d thereby,

said last mentioned fmeans consisting of shoulder ad acent countersunk port ons of the flanges, substantially asrdescribed:

3. ,In-combination a main curtain with its;

spring -gr0llerj and; a, ventilating, curtain at the top of the main curtain also having a spring roller, brackets .having bearingsfor the spring rollers and each havingialso'a front flange orpl ate extending parallel with the faces of the curtain and upon the front face of which the curtain rests and a shield member on each bracket extending in front of the main spring roller, substantially as described.

4;. In combination {a tmainispring roller with its curtain, a ventilating-curtain above the main curtain, aspring roller therefor, brackets eachhaving a side with bearings for the rollers and afront flange extending at right angles tothesside and parallel with the face of. the ventilating curtain wliich lies thereon the side ofeach'bracket at its lower end having an extension reaching forward of the vertical planeof said front flange at a point adjacent t0 he roller of iio the main curtain and a shield on said extension reaching to the front of the end portion of the main spring roller, substantially as described.

5. In combination a maincurtain and its roller, a ventilating curtain above the main curtain, a spring roller therefor, a rail at the lower end of the main portion of the ventilating curtain, flaps spaced apart by the said rail and depending on each side of the main roller, said rail at its ends being shouldered to leave an extension at each end in line with the front of the rail, brackets having flanges extending in a direction across the window opening and parallel with the face of the ventilating curtain and in front of which the extensions of the rail lie, catch means on said extensions and means on the said bracket flanges to be en gaged by the catch means, substantially as described.

6. In combination a main curtain with its roller, a ventilating curtain with its roller arranged above the main curtain, said venti lating curtain comprising a. main portion with depending flanges or border sections spaced apart equally on eachside of the plane of the main portion of the ventilating curtain, a rail at the junction of the border sections and main portion of the ventilating curtain, said rail having reduced ends with the rear faces thereof, substantially in the plane of the main portion of the ventilating curtain, brackets having flanges which ex tend toward each other and upon the front faces of which the main portion of the ventilating curtain is adapted to lie, catch means between the rear faces of the rail extensions and the front faces of the bracket flanges, substantially as described.

7. In combination a main curtain with its roller, a ventilating curtain with its roller above the main curtain, said ventilating curtain consisting of material doubled upon itself with screen material held between its sides, a rail between the downward continuation of the side portions or folds of the ventilating curtain to space the same apartand form depending border flaps, said border flaps embracing the roller of the main curtain, substantially as described.

8. In combination a main curtain with its roller, ventilating curtain, a roller therefor, said ventilating curtain consisting of two sheets of material face to face holding screen material and having their lower portions spaced apart to form border sections, a rail for spacing apart the border sections and the strip of material surrounding the rail and forming a pocket therefor, the

edges of said strip extending upwardly from the rail and stitched between the sheets forming the main body of the ventilating curtain, substantially as described.

9. In combination a main curtain with its roller, :1 ventilating curtain above the main curtain, a roller therefor, brackets in which the rollers are mounted, each of said brackets having a flange extending parallel with the face of the ventilating curtain, said ventilating curtain having a rail which is shouldered at its ends providing reduced extensions overlying the faces of the said flanges, catch means between the reduced extension and the flanges, the shoulders on the rail acting as lateral guiding means for the curtain in connection with the edges of the flanges, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

GILBERT EDWARD LOSEE. 

